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"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"
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StoryCorps 508: No Barrier for the Love
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“I could see from the doctor’s face that it was really bad.”
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StoryCorps 507: Row 12, Seat 12
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“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"
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Summer Love

Stories of things heating up as the temperature rises

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"I got this job at Paul Bunyan restaurant."
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"I got this job at Paul Bunyan restaurant."
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"You and your sister couldn't tell us apart. And we couldn't tell you two apart."
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"You and your sister couldn't tell us apart. And we couldn't tell you two apart."
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"This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'"
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"This tall, dark fellow was singing. He had these shades on. I was like, 'Look at this guy.'"
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"The evening that I met her, she had 'Babs' written on her sweater."
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"The evening that I met her, she had 'Babs' written on her sweater."

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Classics

Favorite recordings from across the country

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"I wasn't very nice..."
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"I wasn't very nice..."

87-year-old Kay Wang tells her granddaughter, Chen, and her son, Cheng, about her childhood.
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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing."
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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing."

Danny and Annie Perasa talk about that first date—and how their love for each other has only grown in the 27 years since then.
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"My basketball teammates were my first babysitters."
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"My basketball teammates were my first babysitters."

Wil Smith tells his daughter, Olivia, about being a single dad in college.
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"He wasn't the biggest guy, but people reacted to him like he was giant."
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"He wasn't the biggest guy, but people reacted to him like he was giant."

Thompson Williams talks about his father’s legacy with his son, Kiamichi-tet Williams.

Each week, the StoryCorps podcast shares these unscripted conversations, revealing the wisdom, courage, and poetry in the words of people you might not notice walking down the street.